BENIHANA (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-30 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+25.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+6.2% vs 2023
Employees
121
+0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£668K
-24.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BENIHANA (U.K.) LIMITED 1985-11-14 → present
- BETHANE LIMITED 1985-09-27 → 1985-11-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,173,309 | £7,952,678 | |
| Operating profit | £871,959 | £633,867 | |
| Profit before tax | £888,978 | £667,767 | |
| Net profit | £646,177 | £279,303 | |
| Cash | £2,294,039 | £2,872,643 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,588,811 | £5,119,318 | |
| Net assets | £4,494,263 | £4,773,566 | |
| Equity | £4,494,263 | £4,773,566 | |
| Average employees | 120 | 121 | |
| Wages | £2,865,898 | £2,661,422 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 8.0% | |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.0% | 12.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.69x | 1.99x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Amex Associates Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASTI, Syed Muhammad Mazhar | Secretary | 2009-10-01 | — | — |
| BAILEY, James | Director | 2021-05-10 | Aug 1985 | American |
| HEINECKE, William Ellwood | Director | 2018-04-27 | Jun 1949 | Thai |
| SIRIATHA, Kreetakorn | Director | 2021-05-10 | Dec 1976 | Thai |
| SOH, Chin Hua | Director | 2025-03-31 | May 1967 | Singaporean |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AOKI, Rocky Hiroaki | Secretary | 2003-04-16 | 2008-07-10 |
| KATA, Michael | Secretary | — | 2003-03-26 |
| KOSUGE, Masaaki | Secretary | 2004-06-12 | 2007-04-20 |
| SHIMIZU, Toshiko | Secretary | 2002-12-30 | 2004-06-11 |
| SMITH, Celine | Secretary | 1998-12-18 | 2002-04-11 |
| AOKI, Keiko Ono | Director | 2010-12-28 | 2021-05-10 |
| AOKI, Kevin Y, Mr. | Director | 1998-12-18 | 2016-08-30 |
| AOKI, Rocky Hiroaki | Director | — | 2008-07-10 |
| AOKI, Yumio, Mr. | Director | 1994-03-29 | 2016-02-28 |
| CHAUHAN, Anhul | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| CHOJNACKI, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2019-11-19 |
| CLAIR JR, Raymond Conrad | Director | 1996-04-05 | 1998-12-18 |
| HEINECKE, John Scott | Director | 2019-11-19 | 2022-08-31 |
| KATA, Michael | Director | — | 2003-03-26 |
| KATO, Hiroyoshi, Mr. | Director | 2003-03-26 | 2016-08-30 |
| KENNY, Paul Charles | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2021-05-10 |
| LINDHORST, Klaus, Mr. | Director | 1996-04-05 | 2016-03-01 |
| ONO, Kotaro, Mr. | Director | 1994-03-29 | 2018-03-20 |
| ONO, Minoru, Mr. | Director | 1994-03-29 | 2016-02-15 |
| SCHWARTZ, Joel Arthur | Director | — | 1992-05-28 |
| YOSHIMOTO, Taka, Mr. | Director | — | 2016-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benihana Holdings Pte. Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-10-04 | Active |
| Benihana Ono Restaurant Holdings Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-10-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-2.7%
£8,173,309 £7,952,678
-
Cash
+25.2%
£2,294,039 £2,872,643
-
Net assets
+6.2%
£4,494,263 £4,773,566
-
Employees
+0.8%
120 121
-
Operating profit
-27.3%
£871,959 £633,867
-
Profit before tax
-24.9%
£888,978 £667,767
-
Wages
-7.1%
£2,865,898 £2,661,422
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers